foothills

noun

plural of foothill
as in highlands

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothills
  1. highlands
  2. knolls
  3. mountains
  4. uplands
  5. altitudes
  6. elevations
  7. knobs
  8. eminences
Noun
  • The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of highlands
Noun
  • Moose were plentiful, feeding and resting on grassy knolls.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of knolls
Noun
  • The road climbs through green mountains before suddenly revealing the Atlantic Ocean.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • High temperatures in the 90s for inland Orange County and in the mountains below 6000 feet, in the mid 90s to 104 in the San Diego County valleys, and in the upper 90s to 108 for the Inland Empire expected.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of mountains
Noun
  • Many hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians planted breadfruit, and the trees captured the spring water that flowed from the uplands, keeping the soil moist.
    — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Definition of uplands
Noun
  • The finding is concerning as space debris at such high altitudes behaves differently from that circling closer to Earth.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 13 July 2026
  • The campaign involved a Gulfstream G800 flying at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet while operating on neat SAF.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
Definition of altitudes
Noun
  • Application submitted to the 15th Judicial Circuit JNC for vacancies created by the elevations of Judge Edward Artau and Judge Paige Gillman; July 2020; my name was certified to the Governor’s Office for consideration for the County Court seat.
    — Schnelle Tonge, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026
  • This warming will bring 100- to 110-degree heat to the valleys, lower mountain elevations and the far interior on Wednesday.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 14 July 2026
Definition of elevations
Noun
  • Scout with the buttons and the knobs and the and the iconic name and design.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
  • Dry the stovetop, knobs, and front with a clean cloth and replace the knobs.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
Definition of knobs
Noun
  • These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
  • It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Definition of eminences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

foothill
foothills
foothold
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Foothills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothills. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on foothills

Nglish: Translation of foothills for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of dog days

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

Why do we say 'fly off the handle'?
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
child-detective
Spot the Misspelled Word July 2026 Those little red underlines can't help you now...
See All